State Department pressed for action on abduction cases

State Department pressed for action on abduction cases

A New Jersey congressman says the U.S. government needs to get tougher in its efforts to recover abducted children living in other countries.

WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey continued to hammer the U.S. government Thursday over a string of international child abduction cases that remain unresolved, including several from his home state.

“The status quo is simply not adequate,” Smith said at a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on global human rights and international organizations, which he chairs.